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Release Date:
August 25, 2011
Original Title:
Dirch
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Koncern TV og film
Production Countries:
Denmark
Ratings / Certifications:
DK: 11
Runtime: 116
Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain critical respect and servicing the audience¿s needs. Costing his kindred friendship to on-stage partner Kjeld Petersen (Lars Ranthe) Dirch takes on Steinbeck's classic »Of Mice and Men«, only for the audience to break out in laughter at his first line. Dirch's Lennie becomes a running joke, and so has, Dirch believes, his own life.
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Costume Design:
Stine Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Director:
Martin Zandvliet
Director of Photography:
Jesper Tøffner
Editor:
Per Sandholt
Line Producer:
Louise Birk Petersen
Original Music Composer:
Sune Martin
Producer:
Mikael Chr. Rieks
Production Design:
Peter Grant
Charlotte Garnov
Screenplay:
Martin Zandvliet
Anders Frithiof August
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